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W.M. Keck Foundation
http://www.wmkeck.org/
"The W. M. Keck Foundation is one of the nation's largest philanthropic organizations. Established in 1954 by the late William Myron Keck, founder of The Superior Oil Company, the Foundation's grantmaking is focused primarily on the areas of medical research, science, and engineering. The Foundation also maintains a program for liberal arts colleges and a Southern California Program that provides support in the areas of civic and community services, health care, precollegiate education, early childhood education,and the arts."

W.M. Keck Laboratory for Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior
http://www.keck.waisman.wisc.edu/
The University of Wisconsin Madison

Waisman Center
http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/
"The Waisman Center's mission is to advance knowledge about human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases."

Weingart Center Association
http://www.weingart.org/center/
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Welfare Information Network
http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/win/
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Wellcome Trust
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/
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Wellesley Centers for Women
http://www.wcwonline.org/
"The Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) unites the Center for Research on Women and the Stone Center for Developmental Services and Studies in an interdisciplinary community of scholars engaged in research, training, analysis and action."

West Valley Child Crisis Center (Phoenix, Arizona)
http://www.wvccc.org/
"The mission of West Valley Child Crisis Center is to provide temporary shelter and supervision for children who are victims of, or at risk of, abuse, neglect or abandonment,in a safe, nurturing, home-like environment staffed by quality care providers and to interact with the community to increase awareness of, and work to prevent, the cycle of child abuse."

Western Society of Criminology
http://www.sonoma.edu/cja/wsc/wscmain.html
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What Works Clearinghouse
http://www.w-w-c.org/
"The What Works Clearinghouse was established in 2002 by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to provide educators, policymakers, researchers, and the public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education."

The Whitehouse
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
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Whitehouse Social Statistics Briefing Room
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html
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Wide Smiles: The Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Deformities Resources
www.widesmiles.org/
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Wisconsin Center for Education Research
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/
"WCER employs some 350 faculty, staff, and graduate students. They work on more than 60 research projects spanning the full scope of education, from the effects of infant child care and after-school programs to undergraduate curriculum reform."

Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources
http://wch.uhs.wisc.edu/
"Helping youth, families, schools and communities lead healthy, productive lives."

Women Alive
http://www.women-alive.org/
Women Alive is "the premiere national treatment-focused, non-profit organization by and for women living with HIV/AIDS."

Women Living Under Muslim Laws
http://wluml.org/english/
"Women Living Under Muslim Laws is an international solidarity network that provides information, support and a collective space for women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws and customs said to derive from Islam."

Women Watch
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
"WomenWatch is a central gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system, including the United Nations Secretariat, regional commissions, funds, programmes, specialized agencies and academic and research institutions."

Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan
http://www.wapha.org/
"Women’s Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan (WAPHA) mission is to achieve the following goals among others: 1. Full restoration of Afghan women and girls’ human rights. 2. Afghan women’s full participation in the peace processes and future government of Afghanistan. 3. Afghan women’s full participation in every aspect of Afghan socio-cultural system that includes educational, political, economical and medical systems. 4. Afghan Women’s full participation in reconstruction of Afghanistan."

Women's Edge Coalition
http://www.womensedge.org/
The mission of the Women's Edge Coalition is "To advocate international economic policies and human rights that support women worldwide in ending poverty in their lives, communities and nations."

Women's Internatioal League for Peace and Freedom
http://www.wilpf.org/
"WILPF works to create an environment of political, economic, social and psychological freedom for all members of the human community, so that true peace can be enjoyed by all."

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
http://wwics.si.edu/
"The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars aims to unite the world of ideas to the world of policy by supporting pre-eminent scholarship and linking that scholarship to issues of concern to officials in Washington."

World Association for Sexology
http://www.worldsexology.org/english/index.html
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World Association of Medical Editors
http://www.WAME.org/
WAME "is a voluntary association of editors from many countries who seek to foster international cooperation among editors of peer-reviewed medical journals."

World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/
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World Childhood Foundation

"The mission of the World Childhood Foundation is to defend the rights of the child to a secure childhood and, in particular, to work for better living conditions for children at risk all over the world. The World Childhood Foundation wants to give them the opportunity to develop into strong, secure and responsible human beings."

World Federation for Mental Health
http://www.wfmh.org/
"The mission of the World Federation for Mental Health is to promote, among all people and nations, the highest possible level of mental health in its broadest biological, medical, educational, and social aspects."

World Federation of Hemophilia
http://www.wfh.org/
"Through its various health care development programs and publications, the World Federation of Hemophilia works to introduce, improve, and maintain care for people with hemophilia and related bleeding disorders around the world."

World Food Program
http://www.wfp.org/
" WFP's vision is a world in which everyone has access at all times to the nourishment they need for a full-life. It believes that the issue of hunger belongs at the top of the international agenda."

World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en/
"The World Health Organization, the United Nations specialized agency for health, was established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."

World Institute on Disability
http://www.wid.org/
"WID's vision is that culture, laws, policies, perceptions and customs throughout the world reflect the full inclusion of all people, including those with disabilities."

World Resources Institute
http://www.wri.org/
"World Resources Institute is an independent nonprofit organization with a staff of more than 100 scientists, economists, policy experts, business analysts, statistical analysts, mapmakers, and communicators working to protect the Earth and improve people's lives."

World Veterinary Association
http://www.worldvet.org/
"The World Veterinary Association is a global non political, non religious and non profit-making association guarding veterinary interests in the world society."

Worldbank Group
http://www.worldbank.org/
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WorldVolunteerWeb
http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/
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Worldwatch Institute
http://www.worldwatch.org/
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WorstPills.org
http://www.worstpills.org/
Provided by Public Citizen's Health Research Group.

Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society
http://www.wocn.org/
"Founded in 1968, the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN) is a professional, international nursing society of more than 3700 nurse professionals who are experts in the care of patients with wound, ostomy and continence problems."

Modified: December 30, 2008 ,joe.buenker@asu.edu